American Museum of Natural History & Rose Center for Earth & Space, New York Photos

The American Museum of Natural History with its significant dinosaur & mineral collections might give the impression that the focus is on stuffed animals. However, the cultural anthropology emphasis by the museum has resulted in major collections of arts & crafts from around the world which also make the museum a major art museum. This large building facing Central Park West was enhanced in 2000 when a multistoried glass cube, the Rose Center for Earth & Space, opened. Given that Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the founding of the Museum, his statue stands outside the main entrance.

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Central Park West entrance (1936) of American Museum of Natural History (1872). New York, NY. Architect: John Russell Pope.

Details of Central Park West entrance of American Museum of Natural History. New York, NY.

Buffalo reliefs (1936) by James L. Clark on base of American Museum of Natural History. New York, NY.